Bouvardia viminalis Schltdl.

Bouvardia viminalis Schlecht. Linnaea 26: 120. 1854
Shrub, the branches slender or stout, terete or subangulate, densely whitish-villosulous or tomentulose when young, the internodes mostly elongate; stipule-sheath 5 mm. long or shorter, long-cuspidate or pluriaristate; leaves mostly ternate, sessile or subsessile, the blades ovate, lance-oblong, or broadly ovate, 3-5.5 cm. long, 0.7-2.5 cm. wide, rounded or obtuse at the base, acuminate to long-attenuate at the apex, thin, bright-green above, scaberulous or villosulous, paler beneath, densely or sparsely villous-tomentose with short whitish hairs, the lateral veins conspicuous, arcuate-ascending; inflorescence terminal, cymose-corymbose or cymose-capitate, dense, manyflowered, 4-6 cm. broad, the pedicels 3 mm. long or shorter; hypanthium subglobose, 1.5 mm. long, densely hirsutulous or sh ortvillous ; calyx-lobes linear or lance-linear, 2.5-4.5 mm. long, white-hirsutulous; corolla red, glabrous outside, the tube 15-17 mm. long, 2 mm. thick above, villous within near the base, the lobes ovate, obovateoblong, or broadly ovate, 5-6 mm. long, obtuse or acutish, apiculate, glabrous within, spreading; filaments very short or elongate, the anthers included or exserted, 2 mm. long; style usually exserted.
Type locality: Mexico, the exact locality not known.
Distribution: Puebla and Oaxaca.